
![CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611 image 1](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%2Flive%2F2019-10%2F02%2F24888484-40-1.jpg&w=2400&q=75)
![CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611 image 2](/_next/image.jpg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg1.bonhams.com%2Fimage%3Fsrc%3DImages%2Flive%2F2019-10%2F22%2F24888484-40-2.jpg&w=2400&q=75)
CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities, 2 parts in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, [William Stansby, for the Author], 1611
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CORYATE (THOMAS)
Footnotes
"There has probably never been another such combination of learning and buffoonery as is here set forth" (Pforzheimer). In 1608 Coryate travelled, often alone on foot, through France and Italy to Venice, from where he returned via Switzerland and Germany, a journey which he drew upon for his Crudities, "which was intended to encourage courtiers and gallants to enrich their minds by continental travel". Prior to publication Coryate sought testimonials from fellow writers, and these mostly mock-heroic elegies were printed in the book. Contributors included Ben Jonson, Donne, Harington, Drayton and other members of the "Mermaid Tavern" set.